BATTLEWAR returns to Go Plug Yourself! Montreal’s hippest independant wrestling federation has been consistently putting on spectactular shows nearly every month at Foufounes Electriques for the last five years featuring the likes El Generico, Kevin Steen and 2 Cold Scorpio to name a few. If those names don’t ring any bells you might know them by their more popular WWE names: Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and Flash Funk. But what makes BATTLEWAR almost a sure bet on any given Sunday is their core roster of local wrestlers. Guys like “Big Magic” Shane Matthews, Surfer Mitch Thompson, Shayne Hawke, Mathieu St-Jacques, Thomas Dubois and so many others that I feel guilty for having started a list. James McGee used to actively wrestle in BATTLEWAR under his ring name “Twiggy” but now works behind the scenes in the “official” capacity of Talent Coordinator. We talk about what’s going at BATTLEWAR lately, Una Sigaretta and farting in the bathroom. Also, tell Mike Carrozza we talk about Big Brother.

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Montreal’s newest wrestling podcast “Pat on the Mat” returns! We talking about the recent bookings at WWE, like the first (and second!) Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar, the upcoming G1 Special in LA from NJPW, Mayweather vs McGregor and so much more! And of course, as always, we talk about the local Quebec wrestling scene, which recently paid host to Pete Dunne.

Hey! You! Everybody! Friend of the show James Mcgee is back to talk about his upcoming show “Le Merveilleux and Marvelous World de Bonhomme Caramel” that is happening TONIGHT (April 7th) at Mainline theater as part of the Montreal Solos festival. He also talks about one of Montreal’s great independent wrestling promotions BATTLEWAR that is celebrating its 4th Anniversary on Sunday, April 17th. You should go to both of these things!

So some of you may remember James when he appeared on the show to promote the local wrestling federation BATTLEWAR along with the degenerate friend of the show Giant Tiger (who is a GPYS Triple Crown winner) and while we do end up talking about wrestling during this show, this time he was plugging his other performance endeavor: improv. In this case he (along with co-star Lar Vi) is plugging an ongoing long-form improv mystery show that is being staged weekly at the Montreal Improv called “Broken River”. What is long-form mystery improv? Listen and find out. I don’t have time to spell this out for you. Enjoy the show!

Oh man, there’s a ton of social media that I gotta share down here.
Broken River is being staged every Sunday in November at Montreal Improv for only 8$, here’s the event page on Facebook.
The group that is putting on the show is Wild Heart Improv and their Facebook page is over here.
Of course, James also wrestles as his alter-ego Twiggy at BATTLEWAR (although is currently sidelined with an injury), but you can still catch the rest of the BATTLEWAR crew duke it out November 16th and like them on Facebook here.

When conspiracy theories and wrestling combine, you know that my darling co-host Walter J. Lyng won’t be far behind. Superstar Shayne Hawke and Jack “The Shark” Donavan are a pro-wrestler and pro-wrestling promoter who walk the labyrinth between conspiracy, discordianism, secret societies and pro-wrestling (to name a few of the darker corners of humanity that they frequent). There also the brains behind the wrestling phenomenon that has taken HEAVY MONTREAL by storm the past two years: HEAVY MANIA. Enjoy the show kids:

You can catch Superstar Shayne Hawke at IWS on Sept 20th and at BATTLEWAR Sept 14!
Keep up to date with Shayne on twitter: @superstarhawkeKeep an eye out for the buildup to the next #HEAVYMANIA event too.

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Oh man kids, you are not going to want to miss this one. The one, the only, the unemployed: Giant Tiger! I guess since he’s no longer with the federation he’s got a lot of free time on his hands. Tiger (presumably out of the goodness of his heart) showed up at Grumpy’s to talk about a match where he had sex with Beef Wellington, getting drunk and then having ACTUAL SEX with a woman on a respirator. You might think I’m spoiling the story, but I’m not. There’s so much more. This is another epic episode of Go Plug Yourself. Go to BATTLEWAR on Sunday, July 27th at Foufounes Electriques, tickets only at the door and did we mention that KEVIN FUCKING STEEN will be there? Oh it’s true. This is a hell of an episode.

So, as you probably all know, we had John Prescott on two weeks ago and he had some pretty choice words for the likes of C. David Blackburn and Ryan Rogan. Blackburn and Rogan are both fixtures in their own right in the Quebec independent wrestling scene so their people were quick to contact the 9to5 (dot cc) head offices and demand a counterpoint interview. Now, in the name of journalistic integrity and transparency Walter and I decided to trek out to the East end of Montreal to sit down with these two men to talk wrestling, Halifax, fashion choices and just what it is that some people don’t seem to like about their passion and their desire to win. The audio quality on this one is a little all over the place, because everyone was just so damn intense!

Listen kids, I’m not going to lie (even though I very often lie), the only reason this episode isn’t officially episode 50 is because we expect to have some sort of bullshit fanfare surrounding episode 50 that’s going to bother everyone involved. Instead, we’re calling this little beauty our Holiday Special. What makes it so special? Well, it was a surprise guest! It’s not a surprise to you, his name is right there. However, it was a surprise to me. Walter literally came over to my house and stalled for time so that someone could buzz up to my apartment. It sort of sounded like my friend Ronan so I thought nothing of it. Then who came into my house? FUCKING GIANT TIGER. With the mask on and everything! I was sure I was being robbed! Tiger talks about everything you’d expect: wrestling, krokodil, sleeping in internet cafes and jerking off a bunch. Listen now!

Check out that promo that Tiger occasionally wrestles for (BATTLEWAR) on Twitter and Facebook!
Also check out the mad ramblings of Tiger himself over on Twitter @giant_tiger (he hasn’t posted really since he lost his will to live upon the destruction of his BBQ by BBQ).

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

Ohhhhhhhh…. what a russssssshhhhhh…. Walter and I managed to call in a lot of favours and get backstage access while the ring crew set up the BATTLEWAR ring at Foufounes Electrique. In a true show of courage Walter managed to secure a few minutes with some of the more intimidating, bizarre stars of the Montreal based independent wrestling promotion. Top contenders for the upcoming BATTLEWAR championship Buxx Belmar and Shayne Hawke, along with the Hardcore Hero The Green Phantom and ring announcer (and about to come out of retirement for “one more match”) Beef Wellington. Catch all the action at the last BATTLEWAR of the year on December 8th at Foufs and enjoy the show.

When I was writing BATTLEWAR I wasn’t sure what letters should be in capitals. Then I realized: ALL OF THEM. Whatcha gonna do when Twiggy and Giant Tiger from BATTLEWAR show up on your podcast and run wild over you!? You’re gonna laugh your fucking faces off is what. These two local stars of the squared circle talk about their worst venues, drub abuse on the road and making Colt Cabana drink until he puked. Best episode ever? #summerofdarkness